7 of the Most Daring Cyberattacks Ever Recorded

The Melissa Virus

Year: 1999 Conceptualized by David Lee, this virus wreaked havoc by luring users into opening a file on Microsoft, causing extensive damage.

NASA Cyberattack

Orchestrated by a 15-year-old, James Jonathan, this attack shut down NASA computers for 21 days, impacting 17 million systems.

Estonia Cyberattack

Year: 2007 Amid tensions with Russia over the Bronze Soldier of Tallinn, Estonia experienced a crippling cyberattack, taking 56 websites offline.

Adobe Cyberattack

Affecting 2.9 million users, this breach compromised credit card details and passwords for 35.1 million customers.

Cyberattack on Yahoo

Year: 2014 500 million accounts were compromised in this attack, with user information and passwords falling into the wrong hands.

Uber Data Breach

Year: 2016 57 million users and drivers were impacted, leading Uber to pay hackers $100,000 to contain and delete the stolen information.

Cyberattack on the Sony PlayStation Network

Year: April 2011 A staggering 77 million users' data was breached, resulting in a one-week suspension of gaming accounts.

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